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Executive Director

Tim is PEER’s Executive Director, leveraging more than 30 years of experience working on environmental issues with governments, businesses, nonprofit organizations, and community groups. Prior to joining PEER, he was a senior attorney at the United States Environmental Protection Agency and was head of the Law and Policy Program at the North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation in Montreal, Canada. He has worked as a consultant for companies on environmental compliance issues, and with nonprofit organizations focusing on clean energy issues. Most recently, he was executive director of Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility, a health advocacy group working to address climate change, toxics pollution, and nuclear disarmament issues. Tim’s interest is in the intersection of science, policy, and civil service. He believes in protecting employees who raise concerns about their workplace and in exposing undue influence on government for private gain. He holds a JD and BA from Emory University and an MA from New York University.

COMMENTARY | Climate Hope & Public Employees in the Age of Trump

by Laurie Williams | April 16, 2025
The Trump Administration’s assaults against efforts to preserve a livable climate are breathtaking in their ambition. What can public employees and ordinary citizens do to help maintain climate hope during this critical time ...

COMMENTARY | Public Lands Unprotected: The Impact of Department of the Interior Law Enforcement Firings

by Guest Contributor | April 11, 2025
With understaffing of law enforcement officers and rangers already a severe problem, the new wave of terminations is exacerbating under-enforcement into crisis status ...

COMMENTARY | Overlooking the Obvious: Red King Crab Collapse Due to Overfishing

by Guest Contributor | March 26, 2025
NOAA claimed that the primary cause of the Bering Sea red king crab's collapse was warming seas caused by climate change rather than overfishing. A new NOAA study puts the lie to that alibi ...

COMMENTARY | Trump and the IGs – From Watchdogs to Lapdogs

by Jeff Ruch | March 25, 2025
The role of the Inspector General requires political independence to function properly. That independence is now irretrievably lost ...

COMMENTARY | May Federal Employees Be Activists?

by Colleen Zimmerman | March 4, 2025
PEER is engaged in precedent-setting work to secure the rights of federal employees to publish and be active in civic organizations on their own time ...

COMMENTARY | Trump’s Actions Are Undermining Our Response to Bird Flu – That is a Big Cause for Concern

by Tim Whitehouse | February 19, 2025
As scientists warn about the unprecedented nature of bird flu, the Trump administration’s actions are hobbling our ability to respond to it ...
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